they had a lot of ball possession. but especially the second half, i liked the way we defended, could score without them having big chances, better, in my opinion. right to the by—line. but we played really, really good, side newcastle united, who held on to beat nottingham forest callum hudson—odoi had given forest the lead early

an alexander isak double, his 49th and 50th goals in the premier league, put newcastle 4—1 up at the break. nikola milenkovic and ryan yates pulled two back take all three points. we know that we're into the business end of the season. there's not many games left. we have to maximise every opportunity. it's very tight and congested. there's still so much to play for. there are a group of teams that are all fighting for the same outcome. to improve every week. different halves. first half newcastle better, second half us better. it's a big, big gap to try and recover from, but the reaction was

was very positive. believing that we can achieve and get something from this game. so heading into the upcoming round of midweek matches, liverpool hold an 11—point lead over arsenal, who have played a game fewer. the race for the champions league spots are tight. just five points separate manchester city in fourth and fulham in 10th. following the club's defeat to st mirren on saturday. rangers are 13 points behind rivals celtic loss to st mirren. seven months after the club gave clement a new one—year

contract extension. rangers only hope of silverware now is the europa league, in the scottish cup. in a post on social media, rangers said... the former arsenal and manchester united striker robin van persie has been appointed as feyenoord's new head coach. the m—year—old, who retired from playing in 2019, has left fellow dutch side heerenveen to take charge van persie has signed a contract until 2027 and will be assisted by rene hack, who was previously part of erik ten hag's coaching staff at manchester united. to overhaul ajax this season. their 2—0 win against go ahead eagles extended their lead

in germany, bayern munich moved eight points clear of bayer leverkusen thanks to a 4—0 thrashing of eintracht frankfurt. a 2—0 win in la liga over girona was enough to see real madrid draw level on points with barcelona at the top, the gap on first—placed inter to three points. and became the fastest batter to 14,000 0ne—day international they are now on the cusp of reaching the semifinals. india refused to travel to pakistan for the tournament of their matches in dubai. 0ur correspondent joe wilson reports. these are pakistan's cricketers, this is a tournament pakistan is hosting — except this match was played

in a different country. yep, that's dubai. india's influence is considerable, so india play here. both teams had fervent support in the stadium. anyone could understand this reaction. 241 all out when india finished bowling. pakistan's turn. wherever he bowls, you'll know wherever he bowls, you'll know shaheen shah afridi. shaheen shah afridi. but just as distinctively, virat kohli leading india home again. this match became kohli. this match became kohli. from the man who shared with overs to spare, this shot won it and took kohli to a hundred. took kohli to a hundred. indian perfection in pakistan's tournament indian perfection in pakistan's tournament a thousand miles from home. joe wilson, bbc news. so a fantastic day for india and kohli.

let's get some reaction now let's get some reaction now from the man who shared a stand of 114 with him, shreyas iyer. i've never thought of virat struggling for runs. it's just the mindset that he possesses over the years, he's always hungry for runs. and i remember yesterday he had come almost an hour before us for the practice session, he played a few balls and he was... looking from outside, he looked as crisp as he looks

in the championship. the intensity during the 80 minutes. so we can be proud. england, but when we had to score the tries, so after three rounds of matches, the defending champions ireland are top of the table, three points clear of their next opponents, france. for the championship, are in third place. they have never lost.

won his first ever dp world tour title in winning the 2025 kenya 0pen. partnerjohn parry of england early in the round. and they are just getting started, aren't they? i'm going to be... he laughs and i'm going to be drinking a lot of brandy, you know, to win at a big stage is what i play for. i don't tee it up to just be in the field. it's always been my mindset, you know? it took me a while to get it done, so i'm proud of myself. congratulations to him.

from the bbc sport app or, of course, from our of the team, thanks forwatching, bye—bye. hello. across the western side of the country. of port ellen here in argyll and bute. through the irish sea. but a few stronger gusts, 79mph gusts at capel curig. there were a few gusts elsewhere that reached the 70s and we had lots of heavy rain, particularly in the west,

over 100mm over the hills of cumbria, and a met office until the early part of monday, with the rain heavy enough so, next few hours, yes, we've got that rain to contend with across england and wales. it will continue to blow a gale out west. towards the first part of monday morning. quite mild. we start off, though, with rain still across east anglia and south—east england. and northern ireland. a trough will push eastwards, bringing showers across wales through the afternoon. that's about four above average, for example, around the london area.

relatively few showers and mostly dry weather with some sunshine. temperatures stilljust running a degree or two above average 10 celsius. beyond that, it looks like high pressure will build in towards the end of the week, and so we should see a change to drier, sunnier weather conditions. bye for now.

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